Amir Husak Read Bio Collapse
Amir Husak is a documentary media maker and Assistant Professor of Media Studies at The New School in New York. Combining emergent and traditional media, essay, and experimental techniques, Husak’s work explores documentary as social practice and investigates representations of economic infrastructures, borders, and migration. His works have been shown at international venues including the Cinemateca Distrital (Bogota, Colombia), Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Stadtmuseum Graz (Austria), South by Southwest (US), Sundance Film Festival (US), Crvena Association for Culture and Art (Sarajevo, Bosnia), and TV Cultura (Brazil). Husak is a co-editor of the volume on socially engaged art and activist media in Bosnia-Herzegovina titled Kriza, Umjetnost, Akcija (Crisis, Art, Action; 2016). He holds a PhD degree from the University of Leeds, UK.